cewek

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• cewe, ciwi, cwek, cwk

Etymology

Compare with Malay awek (“girlfriend”), Sundanese awéwé (“girl, woman”), or éwé (“(dialectal) girl, wife”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃeweʔ/ [ˈt͡ʃe.wɛʔ]
• Rhymes: -eweʔ
• Syllabification: ce‧wek

Noun

céwék (plural cewek-cewek)

1. (colloquial, originally Jakarta) young girl

   Synonym: gadis

   Antonym: cowok

2. (colloquial, by extension) female

   Synonym: perempuan

   Antonyms: cowok, laki-laki

3. (slang) girlfriend

   Antonym: cowok

   Hypernyms: kekasih, pacar

Derived terms

Others

• cecan (“beautiful girl”)

Further reading

• “cewek”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛ.vɛk/
• Rhymes: -ɛvɛk
• Syllabification: ce‧wek

Noun

cewek f

1. genitive plural of cewka